Improvement in releasing apparatus for stables



ABRAM DEHUFF.

Improvement in Releasing Appahratus for Stables.

124,668. Patenlted March'19..1872

rUnrrnn S'rmrns Pa'rnlv'r @Errea ABRAM DEHUFROF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RELEASAIKNG APPARATUSIFOR STABLES. 4

Speciiicaiton desoribin g certain Improvements in Apparatus forRelieving Horses and Other Animals Fastenedin Stables, Barns, &c.,

Ainvented by ABRAM DEHUFF, of York, Pennsylvania. l

My invention relates to an improved method ot releasing animals fromtheir fastenin gs, by which they can be let loose. by the operation ofav lever outside of the stalls or otherinclosures, as hereinafter setforth.

Figure l of the drawing is a front view of my device. Fig. 2 is anenlarged view of the same, showing fastening and releasing apparatus fora single animal. Fig. 3 is a section on line w .r of Fig. 2. Fig. Lis amoditledform ofthe same device.

A is the feed-trough; B, the sliding-bar; C, the operating-lever; D, theconnecting-rod to thearm E for operating the lever. F F are theguidesofthe slidingbar B. G is the bolt which fastens the link at the end of thehalter-chain. g is the knob on the end of the bolt, moved by coming incontact with the end of the slot in which it plays;` h h, the guides ofthe bolt G; t', the hole through which the link passes when it is to befastened by the bolt G; and k, the hole in the front of the trough,

outof which the halter-chain leads, to be attached to the animal. Thesliding bar B is a flat bar of strap-iron extending along the front ofthe trough provided with slots, Within which slides the knob gof thebolt G. It acts Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.124,668, datedlMarch 19, 1872.

as a protection to the bolts by preventing any interference with them bythe animals. The slots are made several inches in length, in order thatwhen any single animal is to be released the bolt may be withdrawn andthe halter-chain let loose by hand, Without moving the lever C, by meansof the arm E which releases them all at once. The connecting-rod Dextends across a passage which leads to the feed-room, and is designedto be so lengthened as to reach to the outside of the stable, and soarranged as to be high enough for a person to pass under it. Thehalter-chain passes through the hole- 7c, and thence thelink is insertedinto the bolt-hole t', for the purpose of obviating an undue strain onthe bolt, which otherwise might not be so readily withdrawn.

I do not claim broadly the sliding slotted bar for operating the bolts,as I am aware that such device is not new; but

What I claim as my invention is 1. In combination with the slidingslotted bar B and bolts G, the lever C, link D, and outside lever E,substantially as and for the purpose specied.

2. In combination with .the bolts Gr and slididg slotted bar B, theholes k Ai, arranged as end for the purpose speciiied.

ABRAM DEHUFF.

Witnesses:

(l. H. POOLE, R. M. THOMSON.

